CaptArmstrong Posted July 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Ahoy all! I am a team member and coordinator with Hearts of Oak, an upcoming Nautical/seafaring/naval/piratical game initially set in the mid 18th century, being developed by the long-standing game modifying community at a website called PiratesAhoy!. http://www.heartsofoakgame.com/ Hopefully that gives some context for what I am doing, because though I can build in a good amount of detail, I cannot, for example, build in as much detail as the absolutely stunning 3D model of the HMS Pandora on these forums. This is because of the requirements of a game engine and the abilities of most people's computers. Anyway, hopefully what I come up with is at least somewhat visually pleasing. Quite some time ago a 3D shipbuilder named Bava(who has been active on these forums) started building a model of the HMS Southampton, and though he progressed quite far, he eventually lost interest in the project. http://modelshipworld.com/uploads/monthly_02_2013/post-395-0-97196500-1361961947.jpg http://richardsmodelboats.webs.com/32gunfrigate.htm As he worked with me for Hearts of Oak, the opportunity came up to finish the ship, and I flattered myself by taking it on https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CArmstrong/misc/screens/Southampton/16.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CArmstrong/misc/screens/Southampton/20.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CArmstrong/misc/screens/Southampton/21.JPG http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/20/19616/12.JPG While there is certainly still much to be done, I have a few questions that might be answerable with the expertise so often shown here. Should I add camber to the hatches? EDIT-yes of course, done Should the gunport lids in the waist be removed? I am not entirely sure when that practice ended.(probably will do) I had to make an odd bend in the bottom of the chainplates as they meet the hull on the wale but extend below it. Would that have been feasable, or should I add thickness to the parts below the wale instead? Might this vessel have been fitted with a skylight? Nothing is shown on the Quarterdeck aft of the mizzen in the plans, which is unusual. However with this ship being somewhat of an experiment at the time it was built, there were several features that were different from later frigates. Edited June 13, 2015 by CaptArmstrong mtaylor, Lieckio and ScottRC 3 Quote Completed Bava's HMS Southampton-32 guns, 1757http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/bavas-hms-southampton-32-guns-1757.22451/ Venus-class frigate-38 guns,1782-1792 http://www.heartsofoakgame.com/Images/tabid/516/AlbumID/1250-101/Default.aspxhttp://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/french-hebe-class-frigate-38-guns-1782-1821.20535/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptArmstrong Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted January 8, 2015 Update time: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/38.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/28.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/29.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/30.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/31.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/32.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/33.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/34.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/35.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/36.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/37.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/22.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/23.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/24.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/25.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/26.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/27.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/39.JPGhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/40.JPG as of right now I'm thinking I'll remove the waist gunport lids as per Richmond and Alarm class models in the NMM collections. mtaylor and Lieckio 2 Quote Completed Bava's HMS Southampton-32 guns, 1757http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/bavas-hms-southampton-32-guns-1757.22451/ Venus-class frigate-38 guns,1782-1792 http://www.heartsofoakgame.com/Images/tabid/516/AlbumID/1250-101/Default.aspxhttp://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/french-hebe-class-frigate-38-guns-1782-1821.20535/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptArmstrong Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted June 19, 2015 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/42.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/43.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/44.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/45.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/46.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/47.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/48.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43901618/CA/misc/screens/Southampton/49.JPG hexnut, mtaylor, st george and 1 other 4 Quote Completed Bava's HMS Southampton-32 guns, 1757http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/bavas-hms-southampton-32-guns-1757.22451/ Venus-class frigate-38 guns,1782-1792 http://www.heartsofoakgame.com/Images/tabid/516/AlbumID/1250-101/Default.aspxhttp://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/french-hebe-class-frigate-38-guns-1782-1821.20535/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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